Rate me as your neighbor from hell.

In the light of the numerous recent "neighbors from hell" type threads which we've had I thought this would be a fun little exercise.

We all detail our habits and activities in order to be graded from 1 set of bombers to 10 sets of bombers on how much of a neighbor from hell we would be, with 10 sets of bombers being the most bombers someone could probably carry and therefore the upper-limit.

So, i'll start:

1: I like to tinker with my bike, at all hours of the day, all seasons. This may or may not involve a bright light being on in the garage, with the garage door open. There may or may not been audible grunts and heaves.

2: I am mid-20's, and so are my friends. In good weather, we enjoy a BBQ in the garden with a number of alcoholic drinks. Moreso, we enjoy a perhaps louder-than-required conversation about topical subjects of mid-20's males. All outside in the garden, of course.

3: I don't have all the time in the world and as such the grass may get a little longer than acceptable at times.

4: I don't have kids for your kids to socialise with.

5: One of my hobbies is DJing and I like to practice at volume. I try to keep this at sensible times of the day, and you have my number to text me when it does become too loud, but you may require some patience with this. Maybe once a month I will practice with friends for anywhere from 3 hours to 6 or 7 hours into the night.

6: We have two cars which fit on our drive fine, but when people visit there is overspill.

7: I don't know anything about sheds and will not talk to you about sheds.

The difference is that you *probably*, will respond well to complaints about your activities. I'm assuming I'm right. All the activity highlighted in neighbours from hell continues despite people asking for it to stop.

6 Bombers though.

the only things can complain about me as a neighbour is the amount of noise when I'm having sex. But no-one ever said donkeys were quiet animals.

Dickyboy - Member
you aren't my neighbour you are my oldest son, luckily for me you live with your mother

2: I am mid-20's, and so are my friends. In good weather, we enjoy a BBQ in the garden with a number of alcoholic drinks. Moreso, we enjoy a perhaps louder-than-required conversation about topical subjects of mid-20's males. All outside in the garden, of course.

With the amount of good weather we get, your bbqs won't be frequent so can't see a problem with that as long as your guests don't bother my family/property unduly.

5: One of my hobbies is DJing and I like to practice at volume. I try to keep this at sensible times of the day, and you have my number to text me when it does become too loud, but you may require some patience with this. Maybe once a month I will practice with friends for anywhere from 3 hours to 6 or 7 hours into the night.

Been there, done that in my late teens, early twenties so no problem as long as it as infrequent as you say.

This may or may not involve a bright light being on in the garage, with the garage door open.

As long as the light doesn't turn night into day and doesn't disturb my sleep then again not a problem.

Verdict: You seem OK to me so just 2 bombers.

Edit - just seen

but when people visit there is overspill.

Again, considerate overspill is OK, parking that is more akin to vehicular abandonment gets up my nose so that alone adds a bomber for considerate overspillage and unlimited for overspill akin to vehicular abandonment.

1) I also like to tinker with my bike. I don't have a garage though. If you were my neighbour I would probably annoy you asking to borrow tools.

2)Early 30s, and friends are late 20s to late 30s. Most of us are DINKS (double income no kids). We like to have BBQs that may involve alcohol. If you invite us to your alcoholic BBQs no problem with you having them If you don't invite us, you get a bomber.

3) We don't have any grass, don't particularly care what other people do with theirs....

4) I don't have kids to make a lot of noise at all hours of the day and night, kick balls/chuck stuff through your windows, trash your garden, or annoy your pets. Win.

5) Hate dance music. You get a bomber for that.

6) Not getting a parking space on my street when I come home from work - source of irritation. You may get half a bomber for this one if your visitors come when I have had a bad day and want a glass of wine pronto but can't park up.

7)don't have a shed, know nothing about sheds.

So you get one and a half from me, 2 and a half if you don't invite us round for the BBQ

Anyone who is AWARE that these things might make them un-neighbourly is a good neighbour.
It's the morons who are so unaware that people around can hear them and are effected by them that are the problem.

Most of us are DINKS (double income no kids). We like to have BBQs that may involve alcohol.

Ahh - The bliss of being a DINKY.

Although as soon as it gets switched to SIWKN (Single Income With Kids Now) the alchol comsumption goes up not down, it just has to happen earlier in the day. You just have to invite other people with kids so that the kids can ammuse themselves and with this strategy it is also very likely that one of the Mums will also be preganant and therefore the nominated sensible person.

What time do you finish DJing, and how often are you doing it? You've got anywhere from zero to eleven right there. I've no qualms about shoving on a movie and drowning you out occasionally, but most nights or till daft o'clock and you'll need a surgeon if you want to get that last set of bombers back.

Anyone who is AWARE that these things might make them un-neighbourly is a good neighbour.

I'm not sure about this one - if you are aware that it's going to offend (a reasonable person) but still choose to do it that might be worse than being ignorant of what you are doing.

5 is the deal breaker for me. Depends on what "at volume" means to your ears. Could I go to sleep without ear plugs or large amounts of alcohol at the weekends? I'm not old enough to consider owning ear plugs but too old to recover well from hangovers every non school night. My wife had a lad who lived next door when she was a student who would fire up his sub and all the pictures(she was posh - pictures not just posters) would fall off her wall. He also didn't seem to own a watch. Or a taste in music.

: I am mid-20's, and so are my friends. In good weather, we enjoy a BBQ in the garden with a number of alcoholic drinks. Moreso, we enjoy a perhaps louder-than-required conversation about topical subjects of mid-20's males. All outside in the garden, of course.

That's a good thing - I like the sound of people enjoying theselves! Do you have any mates that can only talk at one (loud)volume level and are inarticulate enough to have to use an expletive between every meaningful word? That might be bombable.